By Tamara Sims, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Building 420, Jordan Hall, Stanford, CA 94305 How people interpret and respond to negative feelings (e.g., Boiger, Mesquita, Uchida, & Barrett, 2013; Diener & Suh, 2000; Matsumoto, 1993; Mesquita & Leu, 2007). Such culture-specific understandings of the nature and source of emotion can have powerful implications for mental and physical well-being. Indeed, multiple studiesContinue reading “Negative emotions are bad for health, affecting more Americans than Japanese”